# Anne of Cleves — The Fifth Queen character guide

> Anne of Cleves in The Fifth Queen by Ford Madox Ford.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Anne, Cleves

**First appearance:** 0000-part-i-the-coming

## Who they are

The king's fourth wife, a foreign princess navigating the English court.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fifth_queen_se/chapters/i)

The new Queen, arrived at Rochester, discussed as a Lutheran and a political pawn.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fifth_queen_se/chapters/iv)

Referenced as the Queen whose arrival is imminent and whom the King despises, comparing her to a pig stuck with cloves.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fifth_queen_se/chapters/ii)

The new Queen, sits alone at the dais, silent and placid; her foreign manners and appearance are criticized by the court.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_fifth_queen_se/chapters/vii)

Present at the revels; sits with Duke Philip of Wittelsbach; seems nearly human at times.

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